Weather Records on 3 December 2003

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 2003. Highest significance: Annex Creek, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 2003

On 3 December 2003, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 481 daily.
Annex Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 159.8 mm (6.3 in) on 3 December 2003.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 3 December 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vermont Transport Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mediterranee	France	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pamiers	France	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrandyte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weethalle (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwagga (Sylvanham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Wooyeo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapapala Rch 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Delamere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 3 December 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 3 December 2003 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 2003

Top 20 records on 3 December 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 2003	Annex Creek, US	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 years	77 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2003	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2003	Yass (Derringullen), AU	monthly rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2003	Mount Hope (Cypress Grove), AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Black Mountain, AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Oregon, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Vermont Transport Research, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Pali Golf Course 788.1, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Boorowa Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Mediterranee, FR	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	109 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Sabana Grande 2 ENE, PR	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Number One (Murrays Creek), AU	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Pamiers, FR	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Milan, IT	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	192 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Atlatlahuacan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2003	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2003. 2003 had 519 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	365
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1